Psy 150 Ch.6

Front 1

the position that psychology should concern itself only with what people and other animals do, and the circumstances in which they do it

Back 1

behaviorism

Front 2

the attempt to explain behavior in terms of how each stimulus triggers a response

Back 2

stimulus-response psychology

Front 3

Automatic connections between a stimulus such as food and a response such as secreting digestive juices

Back 3

unconditioned reflexes

Front 4

The process by which an organism learns a new association between two stimuli - a neutral stimulus and one that already evokes a reflexive response/ the unlearned response that occurs naturally

refers to a learning procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus (e.g. food) is paired with a previously neutral stimulus (e.g. a bell).

Back 4

classical conditioning/Pavlovian conditioning

Front 5

an event that automatically elicits an unconditioned response

For example, if the smell of food is the unconditioned stimulus, the feeling of hunger in response to the smell of food is the unconditioned response.

Back 5

unconditioned stimulus

Front 6

the action that the unconditioned stimulus elicits

For example, if the smell of food is the unconditioned stimulus, the feeling of hunger in response to the smell of food is the unconditioned response.

Back 6

unconditioned response

Front 7

response to it depends on the preceding conditions

Back 7

conditioned stimulus

Front 8

whatever response the conditioned stimulus elicits as a result of the conditioning(training) procedure

Back 8

conditioned response

Front 9

the process that establishes or strengthens a conditioned response

Back 9

acquisition

Front 10

the decrease of the conditioned response

to extinguish a classically conditioned response, repeatedly present the conditioned stimulus (CS) without the unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

Back 10

extinction

Front 11

a temporary return of an extinguished response after a delay

Back 11

spontaneous recovery

Front 12

the extension of a conditioned response from the training stimulus to similar stimuli

ex: scared if wasps and hornets because you were stung by a bee and they resemble bees

Back 12

stimulus generalization

Front 13

to respond differently to stimuli that predict different outcomes

Back 13

discriminate

Front 14

users of certain drugs experience progressively weaker effects after taking the drugs repeatedly

Back 14

drug tolerance

Front 15

the previously established association to one stimulus blocks the formation of an association to the added stimulus

Back 15

blocking effect

Front 16

we learn about many behaviors by observing the behaviors of others

Back 16

social-learning approach

Front 17

substituting someone else's experience for your own

Back 17

vicarious reinforcement / vicarious punishment

Front 18

the belief of being able to perform the task successfully

Back 18

self-efficacy

Front 19

a graph of the changes in behavior that occur over the course of learning

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learning curve